Pierino da Venezia

Pierino Edmonte da Venezia (1060-1121) was a corrupt Venetian politician who took money from the government.

Biography
Pierino Edmonte was born to a Venetian merchant class family and became a nobleman ruling his own marketplace monopoly. From 1096 he embezzled 2,256 &fnof; from the government, and proved to be a corrupt member of the Venetian government, taking money from merchant convoys that he owned. His scandals ended only with his death in 1121.